Baldwin A E Pte 5th London Regiment

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BALDWIN, A. E. (Machine Room, wash-house). Enlisted in the Oxf. & Bucks L.I. on 8 Nov. 1915. Served in England, with intervals of ill health, to June 1916, when he was discharged. Subsequently served intermittently to 12 Dec. 1917. In France in the London Rifle Brigade from 28 Sept. 1918 to the following July. Demobilized 25 July 1919.

Source : War Record Of Oxford University Press

Baker W H Pte 5th London Regiment

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BAKER, W. H., Pte., 5th London Regiment.
He joined in April, 1918, and served in Russia and Finland for nine months. During his service in Russia he was exposed to much danger and hardship. He was demobilised in January, 1920, and is entitled to the Victory and General Service Medals.
14, Church Path, Hammersmith, W.6
16388/A.

Source : The National Roll Of The Great War Vol 1 1914-1918

Allport A H Rfn 5153 5th London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)

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Allport A H Rfn 5153 5th London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)

Source : Lloyds Bank Memorial Album 1914-1918

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ALLPORT, ALAN HIATT, Rifleman, No. 303178, 5th (City of London) Battn (London Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd s. of Denison William Allport, of Townley Road, Dulwich, London, S. E., by his wife, Harriet Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Hiatt; b. Camberwell, London, S. E., 29 Sept. 1887; educ. Wilson Grammar School there, and the Art School; enlisted 15 Dec. 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Dec. 1916, and was killed in action at St. Leger 17 June, 1917; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 3

 

 

Algar H Rfn 3096 5th London Regiment

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Algar H Rfn 3096 5th London Regiment

Taken on 15th Dec 1915
Harold Algar served with the 5th (City of London) Battalion, (Rifle Brigade). He later went on to serve with the 16th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment, and re-enlisted in the same battalion after the war.

Algar H Rfn 3096 5th London Regiment

Algar H Rfn 3096 5th London Regiment

Photo copied, cropped, restrored and colourised from The Past on Glass at Sutton Archives. Photographer David Knights-Whittome. Shared under the Creative Commons Non Commercial.

Aitken J C Captain 2nd Argyll And Sutherland Highlanders

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AITKEN, JOHN CHRISTIE, Capt., 2nd Battn. (92nd) Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, only s. of Lt. Col. Francis Macnamara Aitken, of Murrayfield, Lockerbie, late 93rd Highlanders, by his wife, B., dau. of (-) Leslie, of Alton, Hants, M.D., and grandson of John Christie Aitken, of Thornton, Australia [cadet of Aitken of Thornton, co. Fife]; b. 10 Oct. 1892; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 4 Oct. 1911, and promoted Lieut. 23 April, 1914, and temp. (afterwards made substantive) Capt., – Dec. following; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in action 25-26 Sept. 1915; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 2

Faughnan P Pte 2707 1st Argyll And Sutherland Highlanders

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FAUGHNAN, PATRICK, Private, No. 2707, 1st Battn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, s. of John Faughnan, of Briskillbeg, Farmer, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of Patrick McAvey; b. Briskillbeg, Newtonforbes, co. Longford; educ. Cloonteagh National School, Newtonforbes; enlisted on the outbreak of war, and was killed in action on the Western front, 10 Oct. 1915; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

Chalmers A D Lt Argyll And Sutherland Highlanders

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Chalmers A D Lt Argyll And Sutherland Highlanders

CHALMERS, ARCHIBALD DOUGLAS, Lieut., Princess Louise’s (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders). s. of the late Archibald Chalmers, of Kipp, co. Kirkcudbright, J.P., by his wife, Anne Jane (Hartley, Ayr), dau. of Cuthbert Cowan; 6. Ayr, 24 March, 1889; educ. Cargilfield, and Merchiston Castle, Edinburgh ; went to Ceylon in Jan. 1913, where he took up Tea Planting; returned to England in Feb. 1916; trained at Gailes O.T.C., being gazetted 2nd Lieut. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in Aug. 1916; joined the 1st Battn. of his regiment at Salonika in Sept. 1917, and died at No. 28 General Hospital there 9 Dec. 1918. of enteric, contracted while on active service. Buried in Mikra Cemetery, Salonika. His Commanding Officer wrote: “He was loved by all, and his loss was keenly felt, but the impression of his example will remain. In action he was most gallant, having no regard for his personal safety, at the same time always considering his men.” Unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

Campbell T L 2nd Lt 8th Attd 1st Argyll And Sutherland Highlanders

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Campbell T L 2nd Lt 8th Attd 1st Argyll And Sutherland Highlanders

SECOND LIEUTENANT T. L. CAMPBELL

8TH (THE ARGYLLSHIRE) BATTALION PRINCESS LOUISE’S (ARGYLL AND SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS), T.F.

TORQUIL LORNE CAMPBELL was the second son of Colonel Duncan Campbell, of Inverneill, Argyll, D.L., J.P., Chairman of the Territorial Force Association of the County of Argyll, and of Isabel his wife, daughter of James Aspinall Tobin, of Eastham House, Cheshire,

He was in the School from 1898 to 1901, and went to South Africa in 1902. In October, 1914, shortly after the outbreak of War, he joined the 18th Mounted Rifles and served through the rebellion which then took place in the colony. He subsequently received a Commission and was appointed Adjutant of Hay’s Commando, serving through the German South-West African Campaign. On the successful conclusion of this he returned home in 1916, and obtained a Commission in the 8th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.

He went to France in January, 1917, and was attached to the 2nd Battalion of his Regiment, serving with it until his death. He was placed in command of a raiding party, and after returning from the enemy’s line he stood up in order to see that all the wounded had been collected, and was instantaneously killed by a bomb. Owing to heavy enemy fire he could not be brought in, and was reported “Missing, believed Killed.” Subsequently, on the general retirement of the Germans, his body was recovered and buried where found about 1,000 yards south of Bouchavesnes, a village north of Peronne. He fell on March 1st, 1917. Age 31.

His Senior Officer wrote:-

“Though he was a junior Officer, I had no hesitation in placing him in command of the operation, for he had already proved he was made of the very highest metal and as fine an Officer as the 93rd Highlanders ever had. On every occasion self was nothing to him. His one thought was “What can I do for my men? What can I do for my brother Officers?””

He married, in 1910, Catherine Isabella, eldest daughter of Alfred Vertue, of Barbarossa, Cape Colony, and left a daughter and a son.

His youngest brother, Lieutenant-Colonel N. D. Campbell (O.R.), Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, was killed in action on April 12th, 1918. The record of his services will be found in Vol. VI of these Memorials.

Source : Rugby Roll Of Honour Vol 4 1914-1918

 

Campbell T L 2nd Lt 8th Attd 1st Argyll And Sutherland Highlanders

Source : The Sphere 5th May 1917